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Criminal Justice Information on the Internet

The Internet is a global computer network. For the researcher, it is a dynamic ever-evolving research tool. The Internet is much like a global library. Materials are accessed via networked entities such as government agencies, research foundations, educational institutions, professional organizations, companies, and individuals. Your research will be met with online resources in formats such as indexes, abstracts, books, articles, illustrations, maps, charts, video clips, and sound recordings. In retrieving research results, be aware not all information you find on the web can be evaluated as true, accurate, and current. It is up to the researcher to exercise good judgment when using resources on the web.

This compilation of links is provided to aid your research endeavors. It is a sampling of commonly used web sites that provide criminal justice information on the web.

 

Research links by subject:

Capital Punishment

Death Penalty Information Center http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
Ethics Update/Death Penalty http://ethics.acusd.edu/death_penalty.html
Human Rights/Death Penalty Links http://www.derechos.org/dp/
Pro-death penalty.com resources http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/

Civil Rights and the Courts

ARC’s Access to Justice Project: The Mentally Retarded and CJ System http://www.metronet.com/~thearc/ada/crim.html
Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/guns.html
Freedom of Information Center http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/
National Center for State Courts http://www.ncsconline.org

Copyright

Copyright and Fair Use http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights (from Association of Research Libraries) http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html
Copyright Myths http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Copyright Resources http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/copyproj.html
The Copyright Website

http://www.benedict.com/

Crash Course in Copyright (UT System Libraries) http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
Legal Information Institute (LII) http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html
Title 17 Copyrights http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
U.S. Copyright Office http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
What is copyright? (Berne Convention Copyright Information) http://www.whatiscopyright.org/

Corrections

American Community Corrections Institute http://www.accilifeskills.com/
American Correctional Association http://www.corrections.com/aca/
American Jail Association http://www.corrections.com/aja
Correctional Management, Inc: Community Corrections Site http://www.c-m-i.com/
Corrections (NCJRS) http://virlib.ncjrs.org/Corrections.asp
Corrections Connection Network http://www.corrections.com/
Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.usdoj.gov/bop/bop.html
International Community Corrections Association http://www.iccaweb.org/
National Center in Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) http://www.ncianet.org/
National Institute of Corrections http://www.nicic.org/
Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) http://www.prisonactivist.org/

Crime Prevention

Crime Prevention Coalition of America http://www.crimepreventcoalition.org/
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners http://www.iscpp.net
National Crime Prevention Council http://www.ncpc.org/
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention http://www.odccp.org/crime_prevention.html

Criminal Justice Education

American Society of Criminology http://www.asc41.com/
Center for Law Enforcement Ethics http://www.theilea.org/ethics.html
Florida State University Criminal Justice Education Links http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/cjed.html
Office of International Criminal Justice http://www.oicj.org

Federal Criminal Justice Agencies

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) http://www.atf.treas.gov/
Bureau of Justice Assistance http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Central Intelligence Agency http://www.cia.gov./
Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov
Drug Enforcement Administration

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov
Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.bop.gov/
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network http://www.fincen.gov/
Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/
National Institute of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center http://www.nlectc.org/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
Official Office of Justice Programs http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
U.S. Sentencing Commission http://www.ussc.gov/

Forensics

American Academy of Forensic Sciences http://www.aafs.org/

American Board of Criminalistics

http://www.criminalistics.com/ABC/
Forensic Entomology http://www.uio.no/~mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html
Zeno's Forensic Site http://www.forensic.to/forensic.html

Guides to Criminal Justice on the Internet

Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Homepage to Florida State University Criminal Justice Links http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
Indiana University--Criminal Justice Sources http://www.indiana.edu/~libpoli/RR/cj_gen.html

International and Foreign Criminal Justice Resources

International Association of Crime Analysts http://www.iaca.net/
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training http://www.iadlest.org/
International Association of Law Enforcement Planners http://www.ialep.org/main.htm
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime

http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org/

 

Office of International CJ (OIJC) http://www.oicj.org
UN Crime and Justice Information Network http://www.uncjin.org/
World Justice Information Network http://www.wjin.net/wp/main.aspx

Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile Justice

http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JuvenileJustice.asp

National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) http://www.iir.com/nygc/default.htm
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

Organized Crime

Nathanson Center for the Study of Organized Crime http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/default.htm
Organized Crime Registry http://members.tripod.com/~orgcrime/index2.htm
Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies

http://www.gspia.pitt.edu/ridgway/

Police Agencies and Resources

Community Oriented Policing Services at Department of Justice http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/
Cop Cars http://www.copcars.net/index.htm
CopNet Agencies of the World http://police.sas.ab.ca/local/

International Association of Chiefs of Police

http://www.theiacp.org/
Law Enforcement Agencies on the Web (Cecil Greek Page) http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/outside.html
Law Enforcement (NCJRS) http://virlib.ncjrs.org/LawEnforcement.asp
National Center for Women and Policing http://www.feminist.org/other/ncwp.asp
Police Officers’ Internet Directory http://www.officer.com
Police Structure and Organization in the United States http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/polstruct.htm

Statistics and Criminal Justice Information Providers

Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Demography and Population Studies http://demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary/
Federal Government Social Statistics Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html
FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov/programs/crime.html
FBI Uniform Crime Reports www.fbi.gov/ucr.htm
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
National Consortium for Justice Data http://www.search.org/
National Criminal Justice Association http://www.ncja.org/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org
The Rand Corporation http://www.rand.org/
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

Statistical Analysis Centers http://www.jrsainfo.org/sac/
United Nations Statistics Resources http://www.uncjin.org/Statistics/statistics.html

Substance Abuse/Addiction

American Foundation for Addiction Research (AFAR) http://www.addictionresearch.com
Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR) http://cedar.pharmacy.pitt.edu/main.html
Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) http://www.cesar.umd.edu/
Drug Information Network http://www.druginfonet.com/
Drug Reform Coordination Network http://www.drcnet.org/
Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov./
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) http://www.nida.nih.gov/
Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Research Institute on Addictions http://www.ria.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org/
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention http://www.undcp.org/

Victims of Crime

National Crime Victims’ Research and Treatment Center http://www.musc.edu/cvc/
National Center for Victims of Crime http://www.ncvc.org/
Office for Victims of Crime http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/

Violence

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse—Electronic Clearinghouse http://www.mincava.umn.edu/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention—School Violence http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/resources/school.html
Violence Against Women Online Resources http://www.vaw.umn.edu/
Web of Justice—Domestic Violence related Criminal Justice Links

http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/juscoord/edomestic.htm